NYMPH/EA GIGANTEA 

 The illustration represents an individual flower reduced one-third. It is entirely distinct from any other species of Nymphsea. The 

 color is purple in bud, changing on opening to a soft satiny blue, shading to white, the yellow stamens are slender and incurv- 

 ing. The plant requires a temperature of from 80° to 90° to start either seed or tubers and ample root room prior to planting 

 in permanent quarters, avoiding at al 1 times a sudden fluctuation in temperature or disturbing of the roots. Native of Australia. 



